9th November
Dr Nick Woodall and Dr Jane Harper presented the findings of the 4th National Audit Project run by the RCA on major complications of airway management
18th October 2011
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12th May 2011
The T. Cecil Gray BJA inaugural lecture was held on May 12th 2011 as
part of Professor Hunter's Festschrift meeting. It was given by
Professor Steve Shafer, Editor in Chief of Anesthesia and Analgesia, Professor of Anesthesiology, Columbia University, New York. The title of
the lecture was 'From
d-tubocurarine to sugammadex,
the contributions of
T. Cecil Gray to modern anaesthetic practice'. Professor Shafer was
presented with the T.Cecil Gray Medal by Professor Gray's son, James
Gray. This lecture, to commemorate the contributions of T.Cecil Gay to
anaesthesia, is anticipated to be a biennial event when eminent
anaesthetists will be invited to speak to the society and be presented
with a T.Cecil Gray medal for the occasion.
25th February 2011
Dr Christine Bell presenting the 2011 Trainees Prize to Dr Adie Morrison for "Systematic review of intrathecal magnesium given alone or in combination with LAs and opioids".
More information about the Trainees competition for the Jackson Rees medal can be found here.
13th January 2011
Dr Christine Bell, President of the LSA and Dr Iain Wilson, President of the AAGBI at the January 2011 meeting.